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RESOLVED: That Cabinet:
 

(1)  
Approved the adoption of the Council’s Housing Strategy
(2024-2029).

 

(2)  
Delegated to the Director of Housing and Environmental Health in
conjunction with the Executive Member for Housing and Environmental
Health, the power to make minor amendments to the Strategy.

 

(3)  
Delegated to the Director of Housing and Environmental Health in
conjunction with the Executive Member for Housing and Environmental
Health, the power to agree an annual action plan which will set out
the specific actions to be undertaken to implement the Housing
Strategy.

 

(4)  
For matters that are not reserved for Cabinet, delegated to the
Director of Housing and Environmental Health in conjunction with
the Executive Member for Housing and Environmental Health, the
power to decide on the specific allocation of homelessness funding
received from central government in order to meet homelessness
priorities, for the duration of the Strategy.
 
REASON FOR
DECISIONS: The current Housing Strategy is coming to the
end of its life. The proposed new Strategy will enable the Council
to continue to undertake its strategic housing responsibilities
over the next five years in a planned, transparent and inclusive
manner.